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The Best Episodes of Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3

Every episode of Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3!

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Classic sketch comedy show satirising the news and culture of the late 70s and early 80s which introduced Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3 Episode 1 - Not The Nine O'Clock In The Morning News
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    #1 - Not The Nine O'Clock In The Morning News

    S3:E1

    Sketches: The Shining 2 / Cockerel / Punk at a Urinal / That's Lies / Made In Britain / Bank Pens / Sir Robert Mark / Dick Head / TV Licence Advert / Bank Signs / Unemployment / Bhuddist Driving School / Loud Man in Sex Shop / Ansaphone Confessional / Vandalised Phone Kiosks / UFO Story / Workaholics / I Like Trucking / National Theatre

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Curtis

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  2. Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3 Episode 2 - Election Special
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #2 - Election Special

    S3:E2

    Sketches: Hedgehog apology / Athletics from Birmingham / Bad Language / Buffet car / Cinema Usher / Shoe Shop Theft / Constable Savage / Fly The Flag / Bath Salts / Laxatives Tested / Burns Unit / Granny's Mini Metro / Explicit Bag / Quick Service Queue / Barbarian Lager / Welsh Choir / England My Leotard / Ice cream van

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Curtis

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  3. Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3 Episode 3 - Miss World
    7.5/10(25 votes)

    #3 - Miss World

    S3:E3

    Sketches: Thatcher out/Thatcher in / Pyjama case / Presidential Aide / Baboons / Walking Into A Tree / TUC Tea Break / Pop Group / Reg Varney / Sooty Surgeon / Soccer Violence / Join The Royal Family / Gay Flasher / Kendal Mint Cake / I Believe / BBC2 Closedown

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Curtis

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  4. Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3 Episode 4 - Show Seventeen
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    #4 - Show Seventeen

    S3:E4

    Sketches: I'm on fire / Nationwide twins / Swedish film centre / ouglas Adams / London tourist board / Sleepy Firemen / Space Salvationists / Girls' Football / Roger Cook / Sir Keith Joseph / Counting Sheep / One Man And His Lion / Return Of Rowan's Rant / Soup and Cocoa / Auld Lang Syne / Controlling TV shows / Big Jobs / Last Of The Mohicans

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Curtis

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  5. Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3 Episode 5 - Show Eighteen
    7.3/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Show Eighteen

    S3:E5

    Sketches: Ready Brek / Daily Star / Elephant Man / Thieves without stockings to put on their heads but with a pair of tights / Battered Baby / Harty Skit / Sunbed / The Obit / This Is Your Life / Tax Evaders / American Express (Masons) / Open Marriage / Schmidt Old Slag / Cocktail party / Burglar / Cold students / The New Creed / Vicar Breakdown / Lager / All-purpose Advert / Henry Cooper / Chess / Man Alive Skit / Disco which isn't really / Aural sex

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Andy Hamilton, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, David Renwick, Andrew Marshall

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  6. Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3 Episode 6 - Show Nineteen
    7.0/10(23 votes)

    #6 - Show Nineteen

    S3:E6

    Sketches: Apology to the Feemasons / Panda Crossing / Brewed By Robots / Pope's Hat / Ticket Collector / Piano / Chilean Milk Marketing Board / Gang Of Three / Windsors Greatest Hits / Crowd control / Gift Shop / Giscard / Michelangelo's David / Photo Booth / Thatcher Leaving / Headmaster and pupil / Silent Movie / Weather Forecast / Euthanasia Society

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Curtis

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  7. Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3 Episode 7 - Show Twenty
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #7 - Show Twenty

    S3:E7

    Sketches: Baronet Oswold Ernold Mosley / Punk aerosol / Queen's Visit / Loyal Apology / Iran & Iraq / Barry Manilow / Cargo Cult / Pneumatic Drills / Kidney Donor / Wimpy worker / Party Political Broadcast / Sperm Donor / Acupuncture / Not The Parrot Sketch / Karate For The Deaf / Divorce Ceremony / Nine To Five / Rolf Harris

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Richard Curtis, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith

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  8. Not the Nine O'Clock News Season 3 Episode 8 - Show Twenty One
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    #8 - Show Twenty One

    S3:E8

    Sketches: Announcer / Musical aeroplane / Polish cartoon / Radio controlled ospreys / University Challenge / C'est la Vie (Abba skit) / Age Of Consent / Carol Singers / Christmas Blackmail / Multiplex / Thatchula / Shirley Williams / Coffee Commerical / Sexist Cameraman / Sexism Discussion / Door sketch / SPG Man / Swag Card / Now Dry Your Hands / Ayatollah auction

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Richard Curtis, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Not The Nine O'Clock In The Morning News" is the best rated episode of "Not the Nine O'Clock News" season 3. It scored 8.1/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Richard Curtis, it aired on 10/27/1980. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Election Special".